Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 746-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-pkt-746-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442), 1944-1965 (NHHC entry by Robert J. Cressman; live page verified HTTP 200 2026-09-28, text verified against Wayback capture 2024-12-10) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Cressman)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 2 December 1943 (entry reads 'at Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.' - see limitations); launched 7 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. L. E. Moore, mother of Ens. Moore; commissioned 18 July 1944, Lt. Comdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., USNR, in command. WWII: shakedown off Bermuda; escort duty via Aruba, the Canal Zone, San Diego to Hawaii; TG 12.3 hunter-killer around Corregidor (CVE-58) after the I-12 sinking of SS John A. Johnson; TG 12.4/TG 30.6 antisubmarine patrols Marianas to Palaus; screen for TG 77.4 escort carriers for the Luzon landings - rescued four men of Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) after the 4 January 1945 kamikaze hit, downed one 'Oscar' 5 January, took 54 men and 3 officers off the kamikaze-hit Stafford (DE-411), splashed further aircraft 6-7 January; Mindoro antisubmarine patrols TU 77.4.1; with Jenkins (DD-447), O'Bannon (DD-450), and Bell (DD-587) sank the Japanese submarine RO-115 125 miles SW of Manila on 1 February 1945 after repeated Hedgehog attacks; TU 50.7.3 with CortRon 70 and Tulagi - 78 continuous days supporting Iwo Jima and Okinawa; TG 30.8 logistics screen for Halsey's strikes on Japan; hunter-killer around Salamaua; entered Tokyo Bay 2 September 1945; occupation and mine-destruction duty; arrived San Diego 22 November 1945; decommissioned there 24 May 1946. Korea/Cold War: recommissioned San Diego 27 January 1951, CortRon 9; TF 72 Formosa patrol; screen for HMS Glory; August 1951 Wonsan bombardment and minesweep cover under communist shore-battery fire; patrols to Songjin and Chongjin; 17 October 1951 shore-battery shell hit the after steering engine room - one man killed, an officer and an enlisted man wounded; departed Korean waters 6 November 1951; overhaul at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard; second Korea tour departing 18 October 1952 (rail-traffic interdiction; hunter-killer off Okinawa; CO served as CTG 95.3 enforcing fishing rights); San Diego 6 June 1953; WestPac deployments 1954 and three more into 1958 including Operation 'Skyhook' in early 1958; decommissioned in reserve 10 October 1958 at Astoria, Oregon (Tongue Point), Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Navy list 1 December 1965; authorized for destruction as a target vessel 18 April 1966; sunk off San Nicholas Isle 13 July 1966 by aircraft from Coral Sea (CVA-43) and surface gunfire. Five battle stars WWII and three for Korea. Spec block: displacement 1,350; length 306'; beam 36'8"; draft 9'5" (mean); 24 knots; complement 186; armament 2 5-inch, 4 40mm, 10 20mm, 3 21-inch TT, 2 DCT, 8 DCP, 1 DCP (hedgehog); class John C. Butler.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44 (per corrected builder attribution); wartime and Korean-era crew (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The printed entry's builder attribution ('Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.') conflicts with NavSource operational data, Navypedia (Federal yard no. 411; DE-438-452 block = Federal, Newark), uboat.net, and usnfleet.us, all of which read Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J.; commissioning at the New York Navy Yard and July 1944 builder's photos in New York Harbor are consistent with a Newark build. Carried as Federal, Newark with the anomaly documented in gaps. Namesake Ens. Ulvert Mathew Moore (VT-8, Hornet CV-8; KIA Midway 4 June 1942; posthumous Navy Cross) per the same entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442) building and operational data (compiled from official records; page updated 2023-09-21) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-442 page, specifications block + building/operational data
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled operational record for this hull: keel laid 2 December 1943 at the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched and christened 7 March 1944; commissioned 18 July 1944 at the New York Navy Yard; sank RO-115 1 February 1945 with Jenkins (DD-447), O'Bannon (DD-450), Bell (DD-587) 125 miles SW of Manila; decommissioned San Diego 24 May 1946; recommissioned 27 January 1951, Escort Squadron 9 (CortDiv 91); December 1957 reassigned to Escort Squadron 3; decommissioned 10 October 1958 at U.S. Naval Station, Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon, custody to CO Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the NVR 1 December 1965 (total 9 years 6.5 months service); sunk as target off San Nicholas Island 13 July 1966. Specifications: 1,350/1,745 tons; 306' oa; beam 36'10"; 2 'D' Express boilers, 2 geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws, 24 kts; complement 14 officers/201 enlisted. Flag hoist/radio call sign NTKH.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Crew 1944-1958 (complement 14/201 per this source)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records - used here specifically for the builder attribution (Federal, Newark) that conflicts with the printed DANFS line, and for the 14/201 complement figure (DANFS reads 186). Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), destroyer-escort design-group table (shipscribe.com scan, OCR) + DANFS specifications block for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table row 6; Navypedia WGT boiler-block map (DE-438-452 = Babcock & Wilcox boilers)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a John C. Butler-class unit of BuShips design group 6 (WGT) - 306 ft oa, 1,350 t standard, 2 'D' express boilers at 435 psi/750 F, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 24.3 kt. A superheated-steam escort built at peak wartime construction (1943-44) would have carried era-standard asbestos applications: boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging between fireroom and engine room, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and insulation on auxiliary machinery including evaporator/distiller units. The Atlas class profile (john-c-butler-class.class.json) documents the litigation theory that evaporator insulation on DEs was Navy-specified and asbestos-era (Jack v. Borg-Warner, sister hull DE-446).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Construction trades (Federal Shipbuilding, Newark/Kearny) 1943-44; crew 1944-1958
- Limitations
- Class/era and design-group inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No hull material schedule, no asbestos survey, and no crew-era exposure record exists in the located public record. Establishes no quantities and no individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-03
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[5]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944), introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Brazoria County TX, 1990); carried in the Atlas shipyard dataset record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (evidence tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Atlas shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944 + products_documented pd-01/02; toxicdocs scan of the 1944 survey; DANFS narrative (overhaul sentence)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard documentation: the yard that built this hull was surveyed by Owens-Illinois 30 August-2 September 1944 - approximately six weeks after DE-442's 18 July 1944 commissioning - documenting insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations. This hull's build window (keel December 1943 - delivery July 1944) falls inside the surveyed wartime-peak period at the same yard. Additionally, DANFS records a post-Korea-tour overhaul of this hull at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Atlas record 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard', evidence tier 3 - a documented asbestos-era naval yard), and commissioning/fitting took place at the New York Navy Yard (Atlas record 'brooklyn-navy-yard', tier 3).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944 (survey; build window); 1951-1952 (Hunter's Point overhaul)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding insulators and pipefitters, wartime peak 1944; San Francisco Naval Shipyard overhaul workforce 1951-52
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: the survey covered yard shops and operations during the same wartime window, not DE-442 specifically, and it postdates this hull's delivery by weeks. The yard dataset's Kaylo entry is documented for 1948-1958 - postdating this hull's construction - and Monokote/Garlock entries carry 'probable' status. The Hunter's Point and New York Navy Yard periods are documented events; any asbestos scope within them is inference. Establishes no hull-specific material, quantity, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o; RECAP docket index type=r) - see search_ledger rows sl-04 through sl-07 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-04 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep for this hull: exact-name queries "Ulvert M. Moore" returned zero hits in both the CourtListener opinion index and the RECAP docket index (2026-09-28). Hull-number query "DE-442" against the opinion index returned 12 hits, all classified name collisions on review - none maritime or vessel-related and none asbestos litigation (Puerto Rico Supreme Court registry/docket fragments, criminal habeas, insurance, land-contract, and probate matters). No qualifying asbestos case names this vessel. The one located class-level case, Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec (W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537), names sister hull USS Brannon (DE-446), not DE-442.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of located litigation does not prove absence of exposure or of asbestos aboard - RECAP coverage of state-court and settled asbestos dockets is incomplete, and exposure cases commonly settle before a reported opinion. 'DE-442' RECAP-docket-string review was pace-limited (fleet quota window); exact-name negatives stand. Class-level litigation (DE-446) is allegation/exhibit-list level and says nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-05
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[7]Batch-4333 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS live page and Wayback capture; NavSource operational data; Atlas shipyard dataset; Atlas class profile; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; USS Slater/DEHM official pages; NARA catalog probe [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-442: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or work-package disclosure (including for the documented 1951-52 San Francisco Naval Shipyard overhaul), no museum hazmat disclosure is possible because the hull was sunk as a target in 1966 and no artifact or museum exists, and no qualifying asbestos case names the vessel (see ev-05 and search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era materials typically remained in place for decades under the Navy's documented policies, and the hull's 1966 sinking occurred before ocean-dumping regulation; whether original-era insulation was removed during yard periods is undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ulvert-m-moore-de442-06